“Maybe there was a time when you could make films that mattered, but now?” — Hayao Miyazaki Copy Share Image
In my grandparents' time, it was believed that spirits existed everywhere - in trees, rivers, insects, wells, anything. My generation does not… — Hayao Miyazaki Copy Share Image
I don't like games. You're robbing the precious time of children to be children. They need to be in touch with the… — Hayao Miyazaki Copy Share Image
You always have to appeal to your audience. You always have to consider how well your project will do in terms of… — Hayao Miyazaki Copy Share Image
At the time, sword and sorcery stories were quite popular. There were female warriors waving swords around as well, but the genre… — Hayao Miyazaki Copy Share Image
My process is thinking, thinking and thinking - thinking about my stories for a long time. — Hayao Miyazaki Copy Share Image
You always have to appeal to your audience. You always have to consider how well your project will do in terms of… — Hayao Miyazaki Copy Share Image
Personally I am very pessimistic. But when, for instance, one of my staff has a baby you can't help but bless them… — Hayao Miyazaki Copy Share Image
I find it pointless sitting in my house not working, though I like to go on extended vacations from time to time. — Hayao Miyazaki Copy Share Image
[on the future of hand-drawn animation] I'm actually not that worried. I wouldn't give up on it completely. Once in a while… — Hayao Miyazaki Copy Share Image
I try to dig deep into the well of my subconscious. At a certain moment in that process, the lid is opened… — Hayao Miyazaki Copy Share Image
In the past, humans hesitated when they took lives, even non-human lives. But society had changed, and they no longer felt that… — Hayao Miyazaki Copy Share Image
“[pitching the proposal for Mononoke-hime (1997)] There cannot be a happy ending to the fight between the raging gods and humans. However, even in… — Hayao Miyazaki Copy Share Image
Maybe that's what these films are doing. They are my way of blessing the child — Hayao Miyazaki Copy Share Image
I do believe in the power of story. I believe that stories have an important role to play in the formation of human beings,… — Hayao Miyazaki Copy Share Image
Prizes do not mean anything to me. I think it is more important to make a child aware of the existence of a weird… — Hayao Miyazaki Copy Share Image
No matter how many WEAPONS you have, no matter how great your TECHNOLOGY might be, the world cannot live without LOVE. — Hayao Miyazaki Copy Share Image
The principle I adhere to when directing, is that I make good use of everything my staff creates. Even if they make foregrounds that… — Hayao Miyazaki Copy Share Image
There are so many ships in the animation sea that are computer driven, that I think we can have at least one that's just… — Hayao Miyazaki Copy Share Image
What you mean by 'peace' is nothing more than the endless repetition of human folly. — Hayao Miyazaki Copy Share Image
Almost all Japanese animation is produced with hardly any basis taken from observing real people, you know. It's produced by humans who can't stand… — Hayao Miyazaki Copy Share Image
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